CFB Zeitgeist Score
54
Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by yards / att at the 88th percentile.
Steven Angeli
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
1,317 PASS YDS · 10 PASS TD · -32 RUSH YDS
2026 Outlook
Returning to Syracuse for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Returning starter
Quarterback · Syracuse
Returning around him
- 14% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
- Transfer portal: -10 net (19 in / 29 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Syracuse · Last season: 3-9 · Talent rank #34 · 2026 recruiting class #42
QB · SYRACUSE · ACC
Steven Angeli
- 3
- #9
- 6-3 | 212 lb
- Westfield, NJ
Heisman Heat
#362
<1% win probability
Fan Belief
Awaiting
Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.
Respect Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
Reality Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
ACCOLADE PROBABILITY
Heisman
<1%
TOP QB AWARD
Davey O'Brien
—
CONSENSUS
All-American
—
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR07 · Impact starter
Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
In Their Words
138 windows · 2025 fan posts
steve×270.3orange×112.6achilles×450.5bowl×32.2starter×17.3take×15.4
Development Trajectory · passing yards
2023–2025+161%
Up 161% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Identity & Role
The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.
Recruiting Pedigree
How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.
| Class | Profile | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4-star | 0.8962 | No. 365 recruit | HighSchool | Notre Dame |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| No transfer portal moves on file for this player. | ||
Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final
Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.
HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16Heisman Futures
Not yet listed on major futures markets.
Achievements
- Program Benchmark 5.5% Program Benchmark Season leader for the program at the player's position across the headline volume metric (passing yards / rushing yards / receiving yards). Held by 5.5% of the 2025 pool. Team leader in passing yards (1317).
Selector Grid · 2025
AP—
FWAA—
AFCA—
WCFF—
SN—
SI—
Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.
NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft
Market value, pedigree & pro outcome
Recruit stars
★★★★☆
to Notre Dame
Composite
0.8962
#365 national
Today’s Hot-Take
The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.
Anti-Take
PENDINGThe contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.
The Room on Steven Angeli
Fan sentiment ·
Belief Meter
50
Mixed Sentiment
Top Take
“”
Trajectory
Per-cohort trajectory lands when historical bucket data is aggregated.
Cohort divergence map
- Own fans · n=4
- Rivals · n=4
- National · n=3
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Steven Angeli
Obsession score 3
Rival mentions 4
Weeks on radar 2
Peak moment Week 0 · 2 mentions
Grudging respect 0% Neutral 100% Mockery 0%
2025 Signature · 2025 season
Yards per attempt
8.5
yds
P4 + Notre Dame QBs, min 150 attempts
National rank #11 of 72
Percentile vs P4 + Notre Dame QBs, min 150 attempts 86th
Why it matters
#11 of 72 P4 + Notre Dame QBs at 8.5 yards per attempt (155 attempts).
Vs cohort
This player 8.5 (86th)
MODERATE · n=155 cohort 72
- Also strong
- TD : INT ratio#6 / 72
- Completion %#45 / 72
- ESPN QBR (season average)#28 / 92
Signature Moment
Week 2 vs UConn — 417 ypa
Result W 27-20
The week the volume broke through — put up 417 yds vs UConn.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the passing totals stand
Through 4g
1,317Pass yards
10Pass TDs
2INT
Per game
329.2Pass yards
2Pass TDs
0INT
Projected (13g)
4,280Pass yards
32Pass TDs
6INT
To hit 3,000-yard season (currently 1,317): needs 187/game over remaining 9.
To hit 4,000-yard season (currently 1,317): needs 298.1/game over remaining 9.
To hit 25 passing TDs (currently 10): needs 1.7/game over remaining 9.
To hit 30 passing TDs (currently 10): needs 2.2/game over remaining 9.
To hit 35 passing TDs (currently 10): needs 2.8/game over remaining 9.
What made this player interesting
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Steven Angeli's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Syracuse, the card already shows enough current-season production to explain why he is on the serious-player board, and the next layer is determining whether the profile is just very good or actually distinctive.
2025 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
QB season snapshot
2025 season snapshot | final
2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Player identity What kind of player is this?
30-second read
What kind of player is this?
Steady volume | Pocket-leaning against FBS QB peers. The quickest read is whether the profile wins on volume, efficiency, explosiveness, or rushing value.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Passing Efficiency
CMP
97 64th
ATT
155 66th
CMP%
62.6% 56th
Y/A
8.5 83rd
Passing Production
YDS
1,317 68th
TD
10 74th
INT
2 52nd
Rushing
CAR
23 53rd
YDS
-32 6th
YPC
-1.4 10th
TD
1 63rd
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 26-45@ Tennessee | 23/40 | 274 | 1 | 1 | 6.9 | 53.1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 27-20vs UConn | 33/53 | 417 | 2 | 1 | 7.9 | 56.1 | Season-high 417 yds |
| Wk 3 | W 66-24vs Colgate | 23/31 | 382 | 5 | 0 | 12.3 | 87.5 | 5 TD passes |
| Wk 4 | W 34-21@ Clemson | 18/31 | 244 | 2 | 0 | 7.9 | 76.6 | |
| Total | 97/155 | 1317 | 10 | 2 | 8.8 | 68.3 |
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score
Traditional history
Traditional Stats
Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.
Season context · Team result + system
2023Notre Dame10-3HC: Marcus Freeman · Run-leaning, slow tempo
2025Syracuse3-9HC: Fran Brown · Balanced
| Season | Team | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Syracuse | 97 | 155 | 62.6% | 1,317 | 8.5 | 10 | 2 | 152.7 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Notre Dame | 34 | 44 | 77.3% | 504 | 11.5 | 7 | 1 | 221.4 | -- | -- |
| Career | 2 loaded seasons | 131 | 199 | 65.8% | 1,821 | 9.2 | 17 | 3 | 167.9 | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Syracuse | 23 | -32 | -1.4 | 1 | -- |
| 2023 | Notre Dame | 8 | 27 | 3.4 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 2 loaded seasons | 31 | -5 | -0.2 | 1 | -- |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
Opponent-adjusted passing value. Positive numbers mean the quarterback is adding more value through the air than a neutral peer would in the same environment.
How much of the offense runs through the quarterback once passing and rushing responsibility are blended together.
Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.
The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.
Open full stat explorer
| Group | Metric | Value | Rank | Pct | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passing | Passing yards | 1,317 | #125/382 | 68th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Pass TD | 10 | #105/407 | 74th pct | Scoringvs FBS QB |
| Passing | Completions | 97 | #138/383 | 64th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Completion % | 62.6% | #170/383 | 56th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS QB |
| Passing | Yards / attempt | 8.5 | #67/382 | 83rd pct | Efficiencyvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Rushing yards | -32 | #386/408 | 6th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Value | Passing WEPA | +0.30 | #82/200 | 60th pct | Opponent-adjusted passing value | 127 weighted playsvs FBS QB |
| Usage | Role share | 55.0% | #42/428 | 90th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Attempts | 155 | #141/407 | 66th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Interceptions | 2 | #195/407 | 52nd pct | Turnoversvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Carries | 23 | #193/408 | 53rd pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 11 | #281/391 | 28th pct | Metricvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 1 | #151/408 | 63rd pct | Scoringvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | -1.4 | #369/407 | 10th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS QB |
| Usage | Pass share | 90.1% | #58/428 | 87th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS QB |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 78.0% | #9/428 | 98th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS QB |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 67.3% | #52/428 | 88th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS QB |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 56.4% | #38/428 | 91st pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS QB |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 49.0% | #41/428 | 91st pct | Early-down loadvs FBS QB |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 46.7% | #53/428 | 88th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS QB |
| Usage | Rush share | 10.4% | #154/428 | 64th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS QB |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 2 | #163/258 | 37th pct | Turnoversvs FBS QB |
Player Standing
Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.
AWAITING CLASSIFICATION
On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex
AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16
Why he’s here
Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.
What moves him up
What moves him down
Accolade streams
Status—Awaiting tracker
Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 400 | 3.5 | 10.1 | 0.5 |
| Road2g | 259 | 1.5 | 7.4 | 0.5 |
Win vs Loss
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins3g | 348 | 3.0 | 9.4 | 0.3 |
| Losses1g | 274 | 1.0 | 6.9 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 329 | 2.5 | 8.8 | 0.5 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
54Mid-pack
Elite: interceptions (92nd). Strength: yards / att (88th). Concern: rush yards (10th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · QB · 2024
Percentile Card
Reads as a mid-tier profile across the board..
P4G5All FBS
Advanced Savant
Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.
wepa_passing0.3Low (p25–p50) (n=94)
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Steven AngeliSyracuseAthan KaliakmanisRutgers· 69% simCade KlubnikClemson· 69% simMiller MossLouisville· 65% sim
Interceptions
Yards / att
Completion %
Pass TDs
Fumbles lost
Pass yards
Rush TDs
Rush yards
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Pocket Passer
Balanced passer who operates within the system. Profile sits near league average across dimensions.
QB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Ben Bryant’s 2022 season.
Ben Bryant
66%match
#2
Tyler Johnston III
61%
#3
Gunnar Watson
All-Sun Belt
65%
#4
Athan Kaliakmanis
NFL Rd 7
65%
#5
Davis Brin
64%
Matches Ben on
Weight
Yards / attempt
TD rate
Differs from Ben on
Total pass EPA (college ability) (lower)
INT rate (lower)
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Lanorris Sellers’s path through South Carolina.
Lanorris Sellers
90%match
All-SEC
#2
Amari Odom
All-Conference USA
87%
#3
Dustin Crum
All-MAC
83%
#4
Desmond Ridder
All-AACNFL Rd 3 · Pk 10
81%
#5
Jayden Maiava
All-Big Ten
77%
Matches Lanorris on
Height
Completion %
Yards per attempt
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Ken Seals's junior season at Vanderbilt (2023).
Ken Seals
59%match
#2
Emory Jones
56%
#3
Dylan Lonergan
All-ACC
56%
#4
Ben Bryant
55%
#5
Hudson Card
55%
Matches Ken on
Total pass EPA (college ability)
Differs from Ken on
Class year (lower)
Rush yards / carry (lower)
INT rate (lower)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Fran Brown
Pass share
48.6%
408 pass / 432 run
Plays / game
70.0
12 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
9.2%
379 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025
2 coaches2023
Nunzio Campanile
Syracuse
2025era →
Fran Brown
Syracuse
Coaching transition mid-career: Nunzio Campanile → Fran Brown. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownWestfield, NJ
Height6'3"
Weight212 lb
Class3
PositionQB
Jersey9
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamSyracuse
ConferenceACC
Joined2025
Career arc4 season(s)
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
No formal honors on the ledger yet
All-America, all-conference, player-of-the-week, watch-list, and postseason awards land here when they're earned. The absence is the signal: most players never collect formal honors, and that's its own kind of context.
Honors Timeline
Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.
| Season | Honor | Scope | Team / Selector | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No formal honors on the ledger yet. All-America, all-conference, weekly awards, watch lists, and postseason trophies land here when they’re earned. | ||||
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Notre Dame | QB3 | #362 | #215 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | FBS Independents |
| 2023 | Notre Dame | QB3 | #32 | #27 | 0.8% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | FBS Independents |
| 2022 | Notre Dame | QB3 | #891 | #626 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | FBS Independents |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Syracuse | ACC | QB | 3 | No. 9 | 6-3 | 212 lb | Westfield, NJ |
| 2024 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | QB | 3 | No. 9 | 6-3 | 212 lb | Westfield, NJ |
| 2023 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | QB | 3 | No. 9 | 6-3 | 212 lb | Westfield, NJ |
| 2022 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | QB | 3 | No. 9 | 6-3 | 212 lb | Westfield, NJ |